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Madvillainy Vinyl 2LP Stones Throw
I don't know how Stones Throw are going to top this. Without exaggeration, this is one of the greatest meeting of the minds of this whole SP1200-ab...
View full detailsclassic indy hip-hop, Doom + Madlib collab
I don't know how Stones Throw are going to top this. Without exaggeration, this is one of the greatest meeting of the minds of this whole SP1200-ab...
View full detailsfood metaphors for days on supervillain MC's 2004 Rhymesayers outing
There's a lot of hubbub in the rap cognoscenti around this new release from Daniel Dumile, man of a thousand (well, at least 5) names. He's hardly ...
View full detailsposthumous 2020 album, a companion piece to 2018's Swimming
Although Mac Miller started working on Circles soon after Swimming, his tragic, untimely passing in September of 2018 didn't allow the beloved rapp...
View full detailsanticipated 2004 Roc-A-Fella debut
Everybody knew 6 months ago that Kanye's album was gonna be serious. Ever since the buzz on his solo stuff started, he's been producing bigger and ...
View full detailsclassic NY hip-hop album
What can I say about this album? Easily in the top 10 of all time, there is no way to pick favorites on this album. Not even one okay track on here...
View full detailsdeluxe, remastered pressing of classic Doom album
Operation Doomsday faithfully reissued on standard black double vinyl with the OG cover, just like it was back in 1999 on the original Fondle 'Em r...
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DONALD GLOVER'S 2013 BREAKOUT SOPHOMORE LP. This is the album that transformed the Donald from a prime-time television actor with a little passion ...
View full detailsbeats masterpiece from influential Detroit producer
When Donuts first rolled into the Lab, I gave it a cursory listen, and, wanting to get home to the new episode of Lost as quickly as possible, toss...
View full detailsthird studio album from BK hip-hop trio
Super deluxe double LP pressing of Check Your Head. Best Beasties' album ever? I guess you can debate it, but there's no arguing that this one is d...
View full detailsthe best yet from Odd Future leader?
4th full-length from Tyler, The Creator! And yes, it's the one where he raps "I've been kissing white boys since 2004" ("I Ain't Got Time"). There ...
View full detailsfunkdafied 3rd album from Donald Glover
Childish Gambino unleashes the funk on his 3rd studio album. Awaken, My Love! is a bold departure from the hip-hop sound of his previous work, and...
View full details2014 mixtape considered his master work
"Mac Miller's cult favourite mixtape Faces is finally available on triple vinyl. The project, which originally debuted on Mother's Day 2014, is a v...
View full detailsreflections on love & life from late Pittsburgh rapper
The Divine Feminine is the 4th studio album from Mac Miller. Originally released in 2016, the record finds the late Pittsburgh artist crooning as m...
View full detailsG-funk classic
"Bitches ain't shit but hos and tricks, lick on the nuts and suck the dick..." Ahhh, quality ish. My earliest memory of this record was when Dr. Dr...
View full detailsclassic Beasties on remastered 180g vinyl
It's been 20(+) years since Paul's Boutique came out, and to celebrate this landmark release Capitol has pressed it up onto a nice thick slab of 18...
View full detailsATCQ's debut including many Golden Era anthems
Tribe's masterful debut jazz thing album. Surprise favorites like "After Hours" and "Footprints" continually grow on you between the hits "Bonita A...
View full details1995 solo debut from Dirt McGirt
The One Man Army Ason has become one of the most misunderstood and maligned artists of our time. All you got to do is give the man a chance cuz he'...
View full detailsDan The Automator in freak mode w/ Mike Patton + Kid Koala, 1st time on vinyl in 20+ years
"'Lovage' is defined as 'an herb that is said to be a benefit for relieving abdominal pains due to gastrointestinal gas…also touted to reduce flatu...
View full details2013 major label debut ft. 'Belong To the World,' 'Live For'
2011 was huge for The Weeknd. He released three mixtapes —House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence—which in 2012 were remastered & co...
View full detailsclassic 1989 debut finally available again on wax
Finally repressed! In the grand scheme of things, 10 years isn't really THAT long for a record to be out of print... but for an album as seminal as...
View full detailsdebut album from Atlanta & Community star's hip-hop project
DEBUT ALBUM FROM RAPPER / ACTOR DONALD "I LOVE MIGOS" GLOVER. Preceded by 2010’s Culdesac mixtape and 2011’s EP, Camp is the first offical full-len...
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The long-awaited collaborative album between Kanye West & Kid Cudi, aka Kids See Ghosts, came as the third release of a series of 5 LPs executi...
View full detailssophomore album from southern rap duo
It's those catchy choruses that get you first. Outkast got a way of pulling you into their albums with these addictive hooks. You can't deny the no...
View full detailsremastered pressing of classic Doom debut w/ minimal embossed cover
Operation Doomsday never sounded better! For the Silver Age Set, the classic Doom album gets a fresh remaster. The records themselves are housed in...
View full detailsslept-on follow-up to Illmatic
What do you follow up Illmatic, one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, with? For Nas, the answer was It Was Written, the Queensborough MC'...
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Back on double vinyl! A daunting task reviewing this record, but here's a try. Not to get all textbook, but 93 Til Infinity is one of finest embodi...
View full details10th anniversary edition w/ alternate cover art
Norcal stand up! For some reason Death Grips makes sense, especially with No Love Deep Web. The trio of MC Ride and production team Zach Hill &...
View full detailshyped sounds w/ house, hip-hop, r&b, disco influences
Louis Kevin Celestin AKA Kaytranada was introduced to FL Studio when he was 15. In 2012, the Montreal-based producer posted his remix of Janet Jack...
View full details2011 breakthrough, cult classic
If you're reading this you probably already know what's up. Danny Brown brings what you've been wanting: real life raps with a dark sense of humor ...
View full details2012 followup to The Money Store w/ explicit album cover
Norcal stand up! For some reason Death Grips makes sense, especially with No Love Deep Web. The trio of MC Ride and production team Zach Hill &...
View full detailsambitious debut LP from the rappa/sanga
black double vinyl pressing gatefold sleeve music label: Universal 2009
4th album from the muthaf$$in' Star Boy
"Made your whole year in a week too, yah / Main bitch out your league too, ah," The Weeknd boasts in "Star Boy," the single from the eponymous albu...
View full detailsofficial reissue of 2nd entry in Abel's dark mixtape trilogy
Official pressing of The Weeknd's sophomore mixtape! By this point in the Weeknd's burgeoning career we were started to get a better picture of the...
View full details2011 sophomore album from OFWGKTA leader
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All leader Tyler, The Creator's second studio album. The lead single "Yonkers" and the movement that Wolf Haley and ...
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This official Bad Boy reissue of Ready To Die is obviously a much welcome release - finally making one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time a...
View full detailsdebut album on double vinyl
The Roots' unknown first album, produced so they would have something to sell on their first European tour and released independently in 1993 befor...
View full detailsleftfield hip-hop jewel from eccentric Detroit MC
Danny Brown borrows from Joy Division and a novel by J. G. Ballard for the title of his 4th album, Atrocity Exhibition, which features guests like ...
View full details1997 hip-hop favorite, feat. 'Luchini'
Can't believe we've never had this one up in the Lab before. K Lim said it best on his review of the Black Nostaljack 12" - "If any of you think th...
View full detailscosmic jazz meets futuristic beats masterpiece
Flying Lotus finally drops his much anticipated and heavily hyped third album on Warp! Cosmogramma raises the bar to outerspace heights and goes ab...
View full details2000 debut album for Madlib's high-pitched alter ego
Pulling a page from Del's notebook, Madlib created Quasimoto in the studio laboratory. Part of the whole invasion schema, the Madlib production is ...
View full detailsdeluxe reissue of Nas' classic debut
Deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of Nas' classic debut! Columbia has pulled out all the stops to commemorate this landmark in hip hop's history. Fro...
View full detailsnext-wave west coast soul/funk/hip-hop
Malibu comes by way of Venice and Compton, and it is the latter that really broke out the Oxnard triple-threat (he sings, raps, and produces) forme...
View full detailsCali raps finally seeing an official vinyl pressing
Earl Sweatshirt made a name for himself when he went missing. His buzz was EVERYWHERE. He was not. What happened to him? The word is his moms was c...
View full detailsemotive 80's inspired love jams
So damn good. The sophomore album from Devonte Hynes aka Blood Orange is here, and it's something of a revelation. With pop music becoming more and...
View full detailsgolden era/west coast classic, remastered
30 years old and still potent as ever... Cypress Hill's self-titled debut. The album, available on colored vinyl, features audio remastered from th...
View full details2002 solo debut, the link between Company Flow + Run The Jewels, indie rap classic
Finally, El-P's explosive solo debut gets a proper vinyl reissue! Originally released on the Def Jux label in 2002, the album saw El Producto pushi...
View full detailscali producer / vocalist duo with r&b, hip-hop, and a lot of soul
They’re both popping as solo artists, and after teasing fans with a fire collaborative EP, “Link Up & Suede,” the cali duo consisting of produc...
View full details2016 full-length finally available on wax
black double vinyl pressing housed in deluxe braille-embossed triple panel gatefold jacket w/ printed inserts original release year: 2016 music l...
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